“When dealing with myself I am powerless.”
— Franz Kafka, Letters To Felice
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“It hurts too much so I don’t want to talk about it.”
— Alex Flinn, Beastly
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How she had changed, after the man who over stepped the boundaries of the door to a house he was not welcomed in. after that man, she felt destroyed as if her foundation was shattered. after that man her house crumbled, it fell to the core of what was her foundation. she had hit rock bottom, she had nothing. thanks to the man who was never welcomed in, she became numb. the little girl who was never safe in her own house, lost feeling after being robbed of everything she had built for herself.
“You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.”
— Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House
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“Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can.”
— Yann Martel, Life of Pi (via the-book-diaries)
“…She had wild eyes, slightly insane. She also carried an overload of compassion that was real enough and which obviously cost her something.”
— Charles Bukowski, Women (via books-n-quotes)
“Memories should be sharp when one has nothing else to live for.”
— Zelda Fitzgerald, Save Me The Waltz (via the-book-diaries)
“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
— Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
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“These violent delights have violent ends.”
— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
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